Expert says there will be no nuclear explosion

A north coast man who did a safety review on Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant in the late 70s says it is in no danger of exploding.

Japan's government says radiation levels have fallen at the earthquake-stricken plant, and it's considering dumping water from the air on the reactors.

Grevillia resident Dr Lee Furlong worked as a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency in the 70s.

He says some reporting of the current crisis has been highly irresponsible.

"Fox had a relay I was watching the other day and they said 'when these explode it will be the equivalent to 300,000 times that of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima', and I just about died on the spot," Dr Furlong said.

"I mean hey, the power plants are not going to explode at all.

"They might melt into a gel and have to be buried for the next 150 years, but they're not going to make an atomic explosion," he said.

He says contrary to some media reports, the earthquake-stricken plant is in no danger of actually exploding.

Dr Furlong says he favours wind power as the best long-term solution to the energy crisis.

"Nuclear might provide a window for say the next 50 years until we can really get on top of renewable energy but otherwise, if it (nuclear energy) was phased in it could be phased in for a set period of time," he said.

"After all, these plants do have finite lifetimes, in fact the plants that were in Japan are due to be set down and refurbished."

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